How to repeat a string a variable number of times in C++?

Question

I want to insert 'n' spaces (or any string) at the beginning of a string in C++. Is there any direct way to do this using either std::strings or char* strings?

E.g. in Python you could simply do

>>> "." * 5 + "lolcat"
'.....lolcat'

Answer 1

In the particular case of repeating a single character, you can use std::string(size_type count, CharT ch):

std::string(5, '.') + "lolcat"

This can't be used to repeat multi-character strings.